Claus Tuchscherer
Claus -Jürgen Tuchscherer, from 1976 Klaus -Jürgen Tuchscherer ( born January 14, 1955 in Rodewisch ) is a former German nordic combined and later Austrian ski jumper.
Life
The father of the born in 1955 in East Germany Claus Tuchscherer was Gottfried Tuchscherer, the SV unit Schonheide built as a footballer and winter sports in his home town of Ore Schonheide with.
Claus Tuchscherer came the age of thirteen to Children and Youth Sports School Klingenthal and later belonged to the SC Dynamo Klingenthal, where he was trained by Gotthard drummer. He reached the 5th place in the Nordic combined at the Winter Olympic Games in 1976 in Innsbruck. On the last day of competition, he fled in a taxi with his 17 -year-old Austrian friend Anna Steinbauer to Bischofshofen. The Ministry for State Security then attempted to convince him to return to the GDR. Tuchscherer returned with his girlfriend back in the GDR and submitted a formal request to leave. This was also approved after a few weeks of state security by the Ministry, which prompted some Western media speculation about sports espionage, which also came from some representatives of the Austrian Ski Federation. Tuchscherer went back to Austria. He took Austrian citizenship and moved from the Nordic combined ski jumping. After joining, he wrote his name officially Klaus Tuchscherer.
His first jump for Austria, he completed already at December 30, 1976 in the season opener for the Four Hills Tournament 1976/77 in Oberstdorf. On January 6, he jumped in Bischofshofen first time with 5th place in the Top 10 This result he was able to excel in Oberstdorf until 30 December 1978 where he finished fourth. Previously, he had made at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 in Lahti a stir when he lost his right ski in the first round of the large hill and crashed on landing. He suffered a spinal curvature. Despite this, he also jumped the second round, but could not achieve noticeable results more because of the fall in the first. Tuchscherer belonged to the national squad for the World Cup Ski Jumping newly created. Already in the first competition on December 30, 1979 in Oberstdorf, he was able to jump to 15th place in the points. On January 20, 1980, he was able to repeat the placement of Oberstdorf 1978 Canadian Thunder Bay and was again fourth. It was followed by two years - up to three exceptions - only places in the top 20 after the Jump on January 24, 1982 in Thunder Bay, where he finished seventh again, he ended his active career Springer, aged 26 years.
The Ministry for State Security monitored Tuchscherer until its dissolution in 1989.